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Building an Interregional Transmission Overlay for a Resilient U.S. Grid

IEEE Spectrum · Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:02 +0000

Examining how a U.S. Interregional Transmission Overlay could address aging grid infrastructure, surging demand, and renewable integration challenges. What Attendees will Learn Why the current regional grid structure is approaching its limits — Explore how coal-fired generation retirements, renewabl…

ConEd plans 28 new substations by 2035

Utility Dive - Latest News · Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:46:32 -0400

The New York-based utility company is pursuing growth through electrification, in alignment with city and state climate policies, it said last week.…

What It Takes for Future-Ready Power Distribution

IEEE Spectrum · Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:01 +0000

This sponsored article is brought to you by Black & Veatch . The biggest challenge facing utilities today isn’t what it seems. It’s not demand, even as load growth accelerates. It’s not extreme weather, even as “major events” become routine. It’s not cybersecurity, even as connections expand across…

Transmission expansion could spur billions in savings, especially in PJM: study

Utility Dive - Latest News · Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:38:00 -0400

About a dozen inter- and intraregional projects in the Eastern Interconnection could help meet load growth, lower retail electric rates, bolster reliability and support U.S. security, the study found.…

Why don’t we just bury every electrical line underground?

Factor This™ · Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:50:16 +0000

Utilities must decide where undergrounding high-voltage lines is most beneficial while balancing the cost of system upgrades that ratepayers are on the hook for.…

GE Vernova in $9B deal to buy high-voltage manufacturer as gas turbine orders slow

Utility Dive - Latest News · Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:40:22 -0400

The acquisition of Trench Group will help GE Vernova capitalize on rising electricity demand, company executives said.…

Engineering the Substation Exit for Reliability, Capacity, and Expansion

IEEE Spectrum · Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:06 +0000

This white paper gives distribution engineers and utility teams a practical overview of the substation exit, the short and high-consequence section where station capacity divides into individual feeders. It explains how covered, spacer-supported overhead construction can reduce common contact-driven…

Bringing new life to an old Air-Insulated Substation (AIS)

Maintenance - Technical Articles | EEP - Electrical Engineering Portal · Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:23:02 +0000

An increasing number of substations globally are aging, while the construction of new ones is hindered by competitive limitations, rigorous environmental rules, and community acceptance issues. Simultaneously, the demand for electricity is consistently escalating, resulting in increased short circui…

Construction Starts on Last Segment of Major Western U.S. Transmission Project

POWER Magazine · Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:04:16 +0000

Construction of the final segment of the Southwest Intertie Project, a 576-mile transmission corridor connecting an area from Idaho to just south of Las Vegas, Nevada, is underway. Officials celebrated the latest milestone for the installation during a groundbreaking ceremony in Ely, Nevada, on Sept…

Hydropower faces unique challenges in a worldwide race to acquire transformers

Factor This™ · Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:13:12 +0000

A new report examines how the growing demand for transformers, dependence on imports, and low domestic manufacturing capacity are threatening the nation's hydropower modernization efforts, and some unique challenges that the hydropower industry faces.…

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Xcel Energy eyes the largest battery portfolio in the Upper Midwest

Factor This™ · Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:11:27 +0000

Xcel Energy announced battery units at its Blue Lake site in Minnesota, aiming for the largest battery portfolio in the Upper Midwest by 2027.…

Sodium-Ion Batteries Get Another Shot at Success in the U.S.

IEEE Spectrum · Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:00:02 +0000

Despite setbacks in sodium-ion battery development in the U.S., the startup Peak Energy says it can be the one to finally achieve the ambitious application of using the tech to store energy for the grid. When U.S. start-ups Natron Energy and Bedrock Materials shut down sodium-ion battery operations…

Puerto Rico Upgrades Remote Microgrid With Clean Hydrogen

IEEE Spectrum · Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:00:02 +0000

On the nights after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico’s power grid in 2017, former Puerto Rican energy regulator Javier Rúa-Jovet remembers watching the sky warp along the horizon as thousands of fossil fuel-powered generators spewed emissions into the atmosphere. The “whole society” was running o…

Case study: Preparing to power data-driven demand with solar and storage at the Appledale Energy Center

Factor This™ · Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:02:03 +0000

Global engineering consulting firm RINA was engaged by Hawthorne Renewable Energy to support the development of a planned 300 MW solar project combined with a 4-hour, 300 MW battery energy storage system.…

The POWER Interview: NRG’s Case for Bring Your Own Power—and the Labor to Build It

POWER Magazine · Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:07:15 +0000

NRG Energy on Aug. 4 unveiled its first Bring Your Own Power (BYOP) project, a 1.2-GW combined-cycle plant in Texas supported by a 15-year contract with an investment-grade “leading global cloud and artificial-intelligence hyperscaler.” The $3.2 billion facility, backed by a customer parent guarante…

Fervo Energy and Google ink largest-ever geothermal PPA to power data centers

Factor This™ · Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:57:19 +0000

Fervo Energy announced a 396-megawatt power purchase agreement with Google for the Cape Station geothermal project in Utah, expected online by 2028.…

One Nuclear Signs Deal for 2.88-GW Gas-Fired Plant, Large BESS for Louisiana Data Center Campus

POWER Magazine · Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:38:26 +0000

Florida-headquartered ONE Nuclear Energy said the company has executed a binding letter of intent (LOI) that would provide site control for development of Project Cayman, a 2.88-GW gas-fired power plant and 700-MW/2.88 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) sited alongside a data center complex. T…

Fervo-Google geothermal deal underscores baseload power scarcity, analysts say

Utility Dive - Latest News · Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:54:09 -0400

Key risks remain, however, including “first-of-a-kind execution,” interconnection bottlenecks, capital intensity and competing technology paths, according to a research note from financial services company William Blair.…

DOE Offers Constellation Up to $5B Loan for 1.1 GW of Nuclear Uprates at Eight Plants

POWER Magazine · Tue, 27 Oct 2026 23:43:23 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has offered Constellation Energy a conditional loan commitment of up to $5 billion to finance nuclear power uprates and modernization at eight plants in Illinois, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The proposed investments could add nearly 1.1 GW of generating capacity to the…

Antares Secures BWXT Fuel Agreement, Advances DOE Review for Electricity-Producing Mark-1

POWER Magazine · Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:29:52 +0000

Antares Nuclear has secured a multi-year agreement with BWX Technologies (BWXT) for advanced nuclear fuel fabrication and received initial Department of Energy (DOE) safety approval for its Mark-1 microreactor, advancing two key requirements for the company’s planned transition from reactor testing…

Minesto targets the Maldives for new tidal energy development

Factor This™ · Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Minesto signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Morteza Capital to develop tidal energy projects in the Maldives, aiming to support renewable energy transition.…

Contested 5-GW Ridgeline Gas, Solar, and Data-Center Complex in West Virginia Clears Site-Control Question

POWER Magazine · Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:45:19 +0000

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has determined that Purcellville, Virginia-based Fundamental Data satisfied the site-control requirements associated with its August 2025 air quality permit for the Ridgeline Facility—a gas turbine power…